Comments on: IE8 is Gonna Rock http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/ Random Geek-Related Thoughts Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:59 -0800 hourly 1 By: Vitaly Sharovatov http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-9026 Vitaly Sharovatov Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:17:49 +0000 http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/#comment-9026 Yes, IEb1 supports Selectors API, but: 1) as IE doesn't have proper namespace support, we can't use Selectors API to query for elements in a different namespace 2) as the techspec doesn't offer any solution for the potential history theft possibility, IE8b1 ignores :link and :visited pseudoclasses to prevent history theft I've blogged about that <a href="http://sharovatov.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/selectors-api-support-in-ie8b1/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Regarding WebKit support for Selectors API: on my Windows machine latest build of Webkit (r31786) is <em>much</em> slower in querying using Selectors API then IE8b1. I used <a href="http://webkit.org/perf/slickspeed/" rel="nofollow">this test</a> and will post results a little bit later. And I didn't notice any support for Selectors API neither in Firefox 3.04b nor in Opera 9.50 beta. Vitaly Yes, IEb1 supports Selectors API, but:
1) as IE doesn’t have proper namespace support, we can’t use Selectors API to query for elements in a different namespace
2) as the techspec doesn’t offer any solution for the potential history theft possibility, IE8b1 ignores :link and :visited pseudoclasses to prevent history theft

I’ve blogged about that here.

Regarding WebKit support for Selectors API: on my Windows machine latest build of Webkit (r31786) is much slower in querying using Selectors API then IE8b1. I used this test and will post results a little bit later.

And I didn’t notice any support for Selectors API neither in Firefox 3.04b nor in Opera 9.50 beta.

Vitaly

]]> By: whoismario http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-7958 whoismario Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:12:34 +0000 http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/#comment-7958 Do you know if Apple plans on allowing a focus event on a div in Safari? I have some behavior I'd like to attach to a div via a selector, but without the focus event most of it is useless in Safari and Opera. Do you know if Apple plans on allowing a focus event on a div in Safari? I have some behavior I’d like to attach to a div via a selector, but without the focus event most of it is useless in Safari and Opera.

]]> By: Kamal Gill http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-7645 Kamal Gill Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:17:16 +0000 http://yehudakatz.com/2008/03/21/ie8-is-gonna-rock/#comment-7645 Safari 3.1, released 18 March 2008, natively supports querySelector and querySelectorAll (and, btw, getElementsByClassName). I suspect Firefox 3 and the next Opera release will also support the querySelector* API. Selectors API spec: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/" rel="nofollow">http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/</a> Safari 3.1, released 18 March 2008, natively supports querySelector and querySelectorAll (and, btw, getElementsByClassName).

I suspect Firefox 3 and the next Opera release will also support the querySelector* API.

Selectors API spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/

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